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Benjamin Wright

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Name Benjamin Wright [1] Birth 3 Mar 1714 Lebanon, New London, Connecticut [2, 3, 4]
Gender Male Death 12 Apr 1795 Hartford, Windsor, Vermont [4, 5]
Burial Old Protestant Cemetery, Hartford, Windsor, Vermont [3, 4]
Person ID I22371 Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others Last Modified 6 Dec 2024
Father Ensign Abel Wright, b. 25 Sep 1664, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts d. 2 Jun 1745, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut
(Age 80 years)
Mother Rebecca Terry, b. 5 Dec 1673, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts d. Aft 18 Sep 1747 (Age > 74 years)
Marriage 16 Sep 1691 Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts [6, 7]
Family ID F13506 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Rachel Owen, b. 30 Dec 1711, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut Marriage 9 Jan 1735 [1, 4] Children + 1. Maj. David Wright, b. 14 Mar 1749, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut d. 21 Feb 1822 (Age 72 years)
Family ID F13505 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 6 Dec 2024
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Notes - "The cemetery, now called St. Anthony's, was originally a Protestant cemetery, later bought by the Catholic Church. The old part of it is still referred to as the Old Protestant Cemetery. Benjamin is buried there, and probably his wife Rachel." [Find a Grave page for Benjamin Wright, citation details below.]
He was an original proprietor of Hartford on 5 Jul 1761, along with his son Benjamin Jr.
- "The cemetery, now called St. Anthony's, was originally a Protestant cemetery, later bought by the Catholic Church. The old part of it is still referred to as the Old Protestant Cemetery. Benjamin is buried there, and probably his wife Rachel." [Find a Grave page for Benjamin Wright, citation details below.]
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Sources - [S2758] William Arthur Owen, "John Owen of Windsor, Conn., and Some of His Descendants." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 83:39, Jan 1929.
- [S2749] Rev. Stephen Wright, "Genealogy of Lieut. Abel Wright, of Springfield, Mass." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 35:74, Jan 1881.
- [S2757] Find a Grave page for Benjamin Wright, Sr.
- [S7982] Early Vermont Settlers to 1771, Volume 2, Northern Windsor County by Scott Andrew Bartley. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2020.
- [S2757] Find a Grave page for Benjamin Wright, Sr., year and state only.
- [S2749] Rev. Stephen Wright, "Genealogy of Lieut. Abel Wright, of Springfield, Mass." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 35:74, Jan 1881., date only.
- [S2246] Notes of Terry Families in the United States of America by Stephen Terry. Hartford, Connecticut: 1887.
- [S2758] William Arthur Owen, "John Owen of Windsor, Conn., and Some of His Descendants." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 83:39, Jan 1929.